Line spacing

[ll1231]

Is it possible to adjust the line spacing in the textbox when the line wraps?

[Steve]

Hello ll1231,

It is not possible in the current version of Telerik Reporting, but we would have this in mind for a subsequent release.

Thank you for the suggestion and do let us know if other ideas come to mind.

Sincerely yours,
Steve
the Telerik team

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[Michael]

Hi Steve,

Is it still not possible to set the line height for a text box?  I can't see an option to set it in either the text box or html text box.  This seems like a pretty basic formatting requirement to me.

Michael

[Steve]

Hi Michael,

Can you elaborate on the exact case you've hit in which you need to manually change the line spacing? Currently it is being setup according to the used font and one should not need to modify it, unless trying to "hack" the reporting engine. Note that we're not a word processing program, nor a document format, but a template that allows you to export to both + a lot more formats. The programs that work with these formats use different line spacing when drawing text lines i.e. different format is opened by different program, while we measure using the same line spacing for all formats.

Greetings,
Steve
the Telerik team

[Michael]

Hi Steve,

Well the scenario I encountered was one where some static text (i.e. not data generated, just part of the report template) needed to be spaced out for emphasis.  I got round this by simply breaking the text into several text boxes and spacing them out, but obviously this would not work with dynamic text.

I can think of plenty of cases where it would be necessary to adjust line spacing of dynamically generated text though.  For example, if you are producing a report that is designed to be a standard letter to a customer, or a sales invoice, or a packing label etc. then you might very well want to adjust line spacing in order to produce an aesthetically pleasing and readable document.  Your reporting engine enables very precise control of the placement of objects in its output, so it does lend itself very well to these kinds of report - in fact I recently produced a report using it that printed onto sheets of pre-cut self adhesive labels and it worked very well (fortunately I didn't need to adjust line spacing!).  I'm thinking of the kinds of report that get exported as pdfs and then emailed out to end users, so there's no further requirement or opportunity to adjust their layout in some other application.

So in this sense I for one do want to be able to use your product as a kind of word processor, and many of the basic requirements of a word processor are already incorporated, so it seems a shame to leave out things like line spacing.  Perhaps you could consider this for a future release?

Thanks,

Michael

[Erick]

Already there is some way to edit the Line Spacing of a textbox??

[Nasko]

Hello Erick,

Currently it is not possible to specify line spacing and there isn't any built-in alternative that could fulfill this requirement.

As stated in a previous reply to this thread, if your text is static, you can achieve line spacing effect by simply breaking the text into several text boxes and spacing them out.

Regards,
Nasko
Telerik

[Erick]

well i find something like that...

But isnt good to my project :(


if (textBox1.Value == "")
                {
                    textBox1.Value = exampleInfo;
                }
                else
                {
                    string[] teste = textBox1.Value.Split(',');
                    if (teste.Count() == 10) // the value that u want
                    {
                        textBox1.Value += ", \r\r\n" + exampleInfo;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        textBox1.Value += ", " + exampleInfo;
                    }

[Michael]

Hi Nasko,

Is this feature even still on the roadmap (as it appeared to be way back in 2008)?  I haven't been using Telerik Reports for a while now and am really surprised to find that this serious omission has still not been resolved.  I would hesitate to use Telerik Reports in any new project if this basic requirement cannot be met.

The reasons I gave below for needing this functionality are just as relevant, if not more so, in today's market.

Regards,


Michael 

[Stef]

Hello Michael,

The line spacing feature is still in our plans. Currently our suggestion is to use alternatives as padding and line breaks to produce the desired effect. However, we consider having line spacing control in future in Telerik Reporting.

Regards,
Stef
Telerik

[TechSavvySam]

I'd like to see this feature available too.

[Rehman]

waiting for it.

it is very common CSS feature. line-height: 90%

is there a way to use CSS for text box for the line height and spacing between lines?

[Stef]

Hello Rehman,

The feature is not supported. Please use the public feedback portal to log or vote for the feature request as features are considered for implementation based on the demand for them.

In the available Telerik Reporting versions the space between lines is determined by the specifics of the used font.

Regards,
Stef
Telerik

[ARECNeprix]

Hello,

Are there any updates on this issue?

Thanks.